OPRAH NOT TALKED OUT

Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey has signed a new two-year contract with King World Productions that will keep The Oprah Winfrey Show on the air through the 2003-04 TV season. Unlike previous years, the new pact was signed with very little fanfare. "I am finally at a point in my life where I'm doing the kind of shows I've always wanted to do," Winfrey said, "helping people to see themselves more clearly and to make choices that lead to more fulfilled lives." And the money ain't bad either.